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Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi run for cover from tear gas fired by police during a protest in Cairo, Egypt, Aug. 30, 2013.

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Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi run for cover from tear gas fired by police during a protest in Cairo, Egypt, Aug. 30, 2013.

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The body of an alleged militant lies on the ground after an Afghan commando operation in Herat Province, Afghanistan, Aug. 30, 2013. Officials said eight alleged Taliban militants were killed in the overnight raid.

Hoshang Hashimi/AP Photo

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A newly married couple walks up a hill with a view of the city of Antakya, Turkey, Aug. 29, 2013.

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Highland dancers perform the Real of Tulloch during competition at the Cowal Highland Gathering, Aug. 30, 2013, in Dunoon, Scotland.

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An inhabitant uses a bucket with water to fight against a wildfire in Santiago de Besteiros, Portugal, Aug. 30, 2013.

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A dog and his handler compete in the dog biathlon on the Woensdrecht airbase near Hoogerheide, the Netherlands, Aug. 29, 2013. Around 120 participants consisting of security dogs or sleuth hounds and their regular handlers maneuvered their way through a course.

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Palestinian riot police officers scuffle with protesters during a demonstration in the West Bank city of Ramallah against the renewed peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians, Aug. 28, 2013.

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President Barack Obama talks with Yolanda Renee King while her father Martin Luther King III and mother Arndrea Waters watch after speaking at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, Aug. 28, 2013, in Washington, DC.

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A police officer pushes back a man complaining about the detention of protesters near Guanabara Palace in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 27, 2013. Demonstrators are demanding improvements to public services in the state of Rio de Janeiro, and Governor Sergio Cabral's resignation for what they say is his improper management of public funds.

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A Syrian woman and her daughter, who were wounded in the ongoing violence in Syria, lie on their hospital beds during their treatment at Ziv Medical Center in Safed, Israel, Aug. 28, 2013. Dozens of Syrians have been taken across the border in the Golan Heights for treatment in Israeli facilities since the outbreak of violence in the Jewish state's northern neighbor.

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Two revelers kiss each other covered in tomato pulp while participating the annual Tomatina Festival, Aug. 28, 2013, in Bunol, Spain. An estimated 20,000 people threw 130 tons of ripe tomatoes in the world's biggest tomato fight held annually in this Spanish Mediterranean town.

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A Tamil woman cries as she holds up an image of a family member who disappeared during the war against Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) at a protest in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, Aug. 27, 2013.

Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters

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Trey Hoekenga, a kindergarten student at Sandy Hook Elementary School, waves from the school bus on the first day of school, Aug. 27, 2013, in Newtown, Conn. On the bus window is a quote by the late principal, Dawn Hochsprung: "Be nice to each other. It's really all that matters."

Craig Hoekenga/AP Photo

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A man spits fire during a protest in Bogota, Colombia, Aug. 26, 2013, in support of Colombian farmworkers demanding government subsidies and greater access to land.

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A heavily damaged street in Syria's eastern town of Deir Ezzor is seen, Aug. 26, 2013. Syria's opposition accused pro-regime forces of opening fire at United Nations weapons inspectors on their way to a suspected chemical weapons site outside Damascus in a bid to hinder their investigation.

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Corey Adams of California's Department of Fish and Wildlife monitors the Rim Fire at it burns outside of Yosemite National Park, Aug. 25, 2013.

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An Indian Catholic nun cleans a portrait of late Mother Teresa on her 103rd birth anniversary, at an orphanage at Agartala, India, Aug. 26, 2013. Mother Teresa, a Nobel peace prize winner and Roman Catholic saint-in-waiting, was born on August 26, 1910 to Albanian parents in what is now Skopje in Macedonia.

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Firefighters work a blaze at the Hibdon Tires in Norman, Okla., Aug. 25, 2013. Norman Deputy Fire Chief Jim Bailey says the blaze was one of the largest commercial fires that crews have responded to this year.

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Revelers play with fireworks in an enclosed area on the main street of the village of Paterna, Spain, during the annual "Corda" festivity, Aug. 26, 2013.

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An Afghan health worker administers polio vaccine drops to a child during the second day of a vaccination campaign in Jalalabad, Aug. 26, 2013. Polio, once a worldwide scourge, is endemic in just three countries now - Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan.